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Slow And Steady Leads To Windows Refund Success
linuxwrangler writes "By proceeding carefully, documenting everything, being persistent and keeping his cool, Steve Oualline was awarded a $199 refund for his unused copy of Microsoft Windows XP. See his Linux Journal howto for the details. Hopefully this is the first of many victories."
I noticed that the title of the story is HOWTO: Getting a Windows Refund in California Small Claims Court
Is this going to make it into the official HOWTO archive?
For those of you with ADD, let me sum the article up with the following chosen quote.
;)
"Me: I installed Linux.
Judge: Judgment for the plaintiff."
It isn't everyday you get to see those two statements so close together! Very interesting (and long) article that details a process that personally, I wouldn't want to go through.
I don't think the process is the point of the article, however.
Unique signatures are rare.
If I didn't pirate my software?
Oh well.
If ever a story should lead to a Slashdotting, this would be the one.
...I know a warez site that has copies of Linux on it. I could download a couple and take them to PC world where I could ask for my money back....little do they know I didn't payt a thing!
What about a refund for Windows Me? I installed it but still couldnt use it. :)
...when he gets refunds on those unused AOL cds
The thing that you do not want to do is be a nut case. Don't bash Microsoft...
I guess that eliminates all of us.
FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec
And if three people do it...
Can you imagine if three people do it?
And if three people do it they'll think you're a part of movement...
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"The journey of 1000 miles begins with the first refund for unused Windows." - Lao Tzu
that was bothering me too, but I didn't want to be the one acting like a grammar nazi and looking like a jerk! :)
They said $10, you said $1,000,000.
Then you said that "splitting the difference" would be $500,005, when in fact it would be $499,995.
That magic '5' at the beginning is the psychological hump that caused them to resist.
Evil is the money of root.
Well,
installing Linux shows a great propensity towards jumping through hoops... so I would argue a high percentage.
For when SCO demands a license fee for using linux.
So where does the unused copy of Windows XP go? Not to XP heaven, right? Can he sell that copy to someone for $199 instead of getting the refund? Does it go back to the manufacturer or Micro$oft? Does it really matter? Does anyone care? Why do hot dog buns come in packages of 8 when hot dogs come in quantities of 10?
Here.
(ducks, runs...)
Cheers,
Ian
We are a people who love to jump through hoops.
Yes, a similar thing happened to me. I was serving tables in a restaurant and I started chatting with a customer about how waiting tables was a summer job while I got my Computer Science degree. And so he says, "Oh, you're a programmer, huh? Maybe you could help me with computer. Do you know anything about Windows?"
And I said, "Sort of, but I know a lot more about UNIX."
"Weird," he says, and then he leans in and says, "cause I always wonder, how do they take a leak when their weiners are chopped off?"
I was in a daze. Not everybody knows about UNIX/Linux as we do.
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I crochet because I'm lonely; I'm lonely because I crochet.
Yes... I believe I just said that Linux had nothing to do with the judgement. We seem to be in violent agreement here. (Smarty?)
You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem. (Edwards' Law)
saw my t-shirt and immediately pulled the other cop aside. He walked over to me and said, "So, are you a programmer or do you just run Linux for fun?"
Be gald you weren't wearing a BSD T-shirt
Call me old fashioned, but I like a dump to be as memorable as it is devastating - Bender
So aside from the fact that you still must not contact Natalie Portman and you must register with the local law enforcement, is this story going anywhere?
Then how do you explain vibrators ?
for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
"This was in 1998. Don't assume people don't know what Linux is just because they aren't in an IT field, it just makes an ass out of you."
In 2000 I was at a blockbuster with a friend of mine discussing how crappy Linux is. The bfd then was about Linux's uptime. My response was "well yeah, it has no apps. You can run nothing for a long time!" Some cute chick came around the corner and says "what are you talking about? Linux has lots of apps!"
I bet you all would be stunned ridgid to know that I didn't get her phone #!
But we all already knew that!